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| Goal: To develop an integrated set of environmental indicators that can be used to assess the condition of the coastal margins of all five Great Lakes. |
| Research question: "What environmental indicators can be developed to efficiently, economically, and effectively measure and monitor the condition, integrity, and long-term sustainability of the Great Lakes coastal margins?" |
Objectives:1. Identify environmental indicators of the condition, integrity, and change of the ecosystems within the Great Lakes coastal margins. 2. Rigorously test these indicators with a combination of existing data and field data to link stressors with environmental indicators. 3.
Recommend a suite of hierarchically-structured indicators useful
to the development of informed management strategies. |
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| 2001: | Pilot study field season |
| 2002-2003: | Intensive field work |
| 2004: | Data analysis and recommendation of indicators |
| 2005-2006 | Outreach - work with SOLEC, GLNPO, state agencies to demonstrate and implement indicators |
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